What's your preference? I've been carrying a simple titanium money clip for almost 2 years now. Lightweight, strong, flexible and resilient. Slips easily into my front pocket. My low back and hip don't hurt from sitting on a big lopsided lump anymore. I don't carry all sorts of paper crap and unused credit cards like I used to. My 40th birthday is a few weeks away and I'm thinking of asking for a nice silver money clip instead.
money clip vs. wallet. Go!
Wallet, helps hide the fact I have no money for a money clip.
Wallet. I nearly have a Costanza. I'd rather have a money clip, but I regularly need my school ID, drivers license, two debit cards (thats another story), library card, fishing license, and occasionally my USA hockey card. I'd rather just have it all with me than realize I forgot it. And then I'm the guy who saves every single receipt he's ever gotten.
Also, as a caddy, I get paid in cash. Sometimes I'll take a late loop, and not get paid until the next day, if I remember. One time I wasn't able to get paid for a week--also the best week I had all year. I got paid 1200 in cash. No way I could have fit that in the money clip I had been carrying at the time-actually the reason I switched back to a wallet. Not that it really mattered that day, I went straight to the bank without passing go. But I did collect 200.
wallet, spare car key...and meny other hiding places
Actually that's why I like my Ti clip. I carry 6 id/credit/other cards and I can easily fit 15+ bills around all that without permanently deforming or overstretching the clip. Receipts go loose into my pocket where they then go into a drawer to be forgotten about forever. I need to look into whether a nice silver clip would have the same strength.
pigeon wrote: Actually that's why I like my Ti clip. I carry 6 id/credit/other cards and I can easily fit 15+ bills
What about 50 bills?
If I had a money clip, it would just be a clip.
Wallets, because of this!
Domo!
Seriously though, I prefer a wallet. I like feeling that my stuff is a tad secure. That and I never carry cash, so my money clip would be empty.
Wallet with Id, Cards ect.
Cash go in the pocket.
Wallet. Fat. Bursting at the seams. Inside a big leather purse, also fat and containing at least 4 pounds of change which has escaped from the wallet and is now mixed up with checkbook stubs, 3 or 3 sunglass cases and gum wrappers at the bottom of my purse.
John Brown wrote: Wallet, helps hide the fact I have no money for a money clip.
This
Uh, both:
I pared down to one of these from a big bifold about a year ago, and I really like it. I carry my license, 4 credit/debit cards, 3 membership cards, and I still have a little room for a couple receipts or business cards.
I would consider a combination iphone case/wallet if anyone made a good one. All the ones I've seen are either too huge to put in your pocket, or totally inadequate as a full time wallet.
Wallet. Cash is soooo 20th Century. I have to have something to hold my license and debit card without snapping them in half in my pocket.
Any time I'm making a trip where I have to carry cash, I use the tricks my friends who grew up in the city taught me.
Lesley wrote: Wallet. Fat. Bursting at the seams. Inside a big leather purse, also fat and containing at least 4 pounds of change which has escaped from the wallet and is now mixed up with checkbook stubs, 3 or 3 sunglass cases and gum wrappers at the bottom of my purse.
You sure you're not related to my girl, Lesley? 
It raises the hair on the back of my neck when she's driving and asks me to look through her purse for something. It's like that part in Dune where Paul Atreides has to stick his hand in the Bene Gessirit box.
I use... 2 wallets. A big(ish) one for cash, change, and most cards that I don't care about (business cards, store club cards, and credit cards that never get used). Stays in one front pocket. Then I have a small card wallet that keeps my licenses, insurance card, primary credit card, and debit card. That stays in the other pocket.
I figure, if I'm ever pick-pocketed, wallet snatched, or held up, the offending party won't get much of value.
my wallet is just full of receipts. but its not exactly board friendly to post a picture of either. (think pulp fiction)
friedgreencorrado wrote: Any time I'm making a trip where I have to carry cash, I use the tricks my friends who grew up in the city taught me.
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mtn wrote:friedgreencorrado wrote: Any time I'm making a trip where I have to carry cash, I use the tricks my friends who grew up in the city taught me.?
Okay, apologies in advance for the loooong post..but you asked!
1.) Roll the bills up tight and stick the roll in your right front pants pocket (or left, if you're left-handed). Wear your pants low upon your waist, and if someone tries to pick-pocket your front pocket, your natural reaction to another man's hand so close to your genitals will alert you.
2.) Fold the bills flat until they're 1/4 the original horizontal length. Wear an older pair of shoes with the insole separating from the sole (but not a pair with holes in the soles). Insert the bills into the space between the insole and the sole before you place the shoes on your feet. Insure that you have someone you trust ("homie", they're called. It's short for "home-boy", a term that originally meant "someone from my neighborhood" but now means "trusted friend". BTW: I actually had to live in a neighborhood like that for awhile before I could understand the difference) around when you have to take the shoe off your foot to withdraw the bills.
When the cashier complains about the smell, be confrontational. "Do you want your money or not, BITCH!" Use vocal inflection to show that you mean the "jailhouse" meaning of the word "bitch" (i.e., you would be the aggressor in a non-consentual homosexual rape), and not the misogynist version of the word.
If the cashier is female, use the c-word, instead of the b-word, but use the same confrontational voice. Most cashiers have to make up any shortfall from their till from their own pay, and will gladly take your stanky foot money rather than cough up their own for the "over-ring" (uncompleted transaction where the cashier totals the charges, but then doesn't collect funds).
3.) Most pants have a double layer of fabric around the waist. Make a small slit underneath one of the belt loops (again, for men, preferably on the front..for the same reason as in #1 above), and place bills you've folded flat, as in #2 above (do not roll them, as it will cause a bulge others can see) into the space.
There's a few more things I've learned from my Urban friends, but this post is too long already...
Wallet with a slide out ID holder that has room for 3 cards on it. The holder has my liscense, debit and gas card, being all that I need 99% of the time.
The wallet has the few other (mostly useless) cards I carry, school ID, blood donor, theater rewards, Auto Zone. Also randomly recipts and cash. The down side of just using the ID holder is that it just doesn't feel as secure with out the bulk.
I'm looking at down sizing my keychain. Now it has my 2 car keys, 6 shoppers club key tags, a "John Wayne" can opener, and a big DOMO! Looking at dropping the S.C. tags as the only places I shop let me enter my phone number. The DOMO! might make way for an LED keychain light and I might add folding key size mini multi tool
friedgreencorrado wrote: It raises the hair on the back of my neck when she's driving and asks me to look through her purse for something. It's like that part in Dune where Paul Atreides has to stick his hand in the Bene Gessirit box.
Never thought about it but that's EXACTLY what a purse is:
"What's in the box?"
"Pain"
Wiseguys don't carry their money in a wallet. Wiseguys carry their money in a roll.
Lesley wrote: Wallet. Fat. Bursting at the seams. Inside a big leather purse, also fat and containing at least 4 pounds of change which has escaped from the wallet and is now mixed up with checkbook stubs, 3 or 3 sunglass cases and gum wrappers at the bottom of my purse.
My kid is 25 but my wife still carries Micro-Machines in her purse. They've kept more than one screaming kid quiet in a grocery line.
Wallet, but a thin one my butt is big enough.
Dan
I have a nice silver money clip from Tiffany's that wifey gave me years ago for a birthday gift. I used to use it often, but airport security cured me of it. Even in my carry-on it would cause trouble - apparently it looks threatening in an x-ray. A wallet never has to come out of your pocket.
Toyman01 wrote: Wallet with Id, Cards ect. Cash go in the pocket.
+1
friedgreencorrado wrote: .... Insure that you have someone you trust ("homie", they're called. It's short for "home-boy", a term that originally meant "someone from my neighborhood" but now means "trusted friend". .... .... .... Use vocal inflection to show that you mean the "jailhouse" meaning of the word "bitch" (i.e., *you* would be the aggressor in a non-consentual homosexual rape), and not the misogynist version of the word.
LOL!
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